The new fund Fortino Growth II, as the fund is called, has a final target of €200M to help scale-ups in the Benelux grow.

Fortino Growth II

The fund received support from private investors, entrepreneurs and a few institutional businesses like BNP Paribas. Fortino Capital I holds a €80M fund and currently holds 13 companies focusing on software and e-commerce. The Growth II enables Fortino Capital Partners to expand investments in Benelux scale-ups and growth companies offering a €5M minority or €25M majority shareholding for scale-ups and growth companies with a minimum turnover of €5 to 10M.

Focus on technologoy, e-commerce and digital transformation

For the new fund Fortino Capital already raised €125M, aiming for a total fund of €200M. It sounds promising they already raised most of the fund, based on the results of Fortino I. Fortino invests in small and medium-sized companies with growth potential with a focus on technology, E-commerce and digital transformation. Within their portfolio is for example Bloomon, a Dutch successtory, but also Team Leader.

Sabine de Witte successfully failed her own startup and embraced the lessons she learned to connect startups and investors. She helps startups with pr and online communications, writes about tech as a journalist, judges events as a ‘pitch bitch’ and travels the world as startup spotter.